Adjustable headgear



July 27, 1954 L ROSSMAN 2,684,484

ADJUSTABLE HEADGEAR Filed Feb. 12, 1951 BY W /rm/vs y Patented July 27,1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a garment having a portion which is adapted toencircle a portion of the anatomy of the wearer, and has for its primaryobject to enable the anatomy encircling portion of the garment to bereadily and quickly adjusted to a proper t.

Another object is to compensate for any tightness of the garment aboutthe portion of the anatomy encircled.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to assure propert of an article of headwear, such as a cap, about the head of thewearer.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among its features forming in the anatomy encirclingportion of a garment an elongated longitudinal slot which extendsthrough said garment, an elongated toothed rack carried by the garmentand extending through the slot, a slide carried by the garment andmounted on the rack for longitudinal movement thereon, and a keepercarried by the slide for engaging the teeth on the rack and holding theslide against longitudinal movement on said rack.

Other features include constructing the rack of a exible material andproviding in the portion of the garment which encircles the portion ofthe anatomy an elastic insert to allow for a moderate degree ofextension of the anatomy encircling portion of the garment.

A still further and more specific feature of the invention includes anarticle of headgear such as a cap carrying in the front thereofanelongated exible rack, said cap having slots in the head encirclingportion in spaced relation to opposite ends of the rack, a band slidablymounted in the slots, slides at opposite ends of the band and slidablymounted in the rack and keepers carried by the slides for engaging theteeth of the rack and holding the band in various adjusted positionsabout the head encircling portion of the article of headgear.

Still other features include an elastic insert in the band between theslots through which the band extends.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of an article of headgear embodying thefeatures of this invention;

Figure 2 is a side view of the article of headgear illustrated in Figure1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along theline 3--3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along theline 4-4 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the inner back portion ofthe headgear with the sweat band turned down and illustrating theelastic insert in the adjusting band.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the article of headgear designatedgenerally I0 comprises a cap l 2 having a head encircling portion I4 tothe lower edge of which is connected in any conventional manner aconventional visor I6. The head encircling portion I4 is provided on itsinterior with a conventional sweat band adapted to be turned upwardly ina conventional manner and form a cushion which contacts the head of thewearer.

Formed in the crown portion I4 of the headgear IS immediately above thevisor I6 is an elongated Slot 2G which extends longitudinally of thecrown portion I4 and stitched or otherwise secured to the inner sidethereof on opposite sides of the longitudinal slot 20 is a flexible rackY 22 which has its toothed portion projecting through the slot 20.

Formed in spaced relation to opposite ends of the slot 20 in the headencircling portion i4 of the garment I0 are transversely extending slits24.

slidably mounted in the slits 24 is an elongated adjusting band 25, toopposite ends of which are attached slides 28 which are slidably mountedon the rack bar 22 for movement adjacent opposite ends thereof. Eachslide 28 is provided with a suitable keeper 3B having an actuating lever32 and a perpendicular tongue 34 which is adapted to be moved by thelever 32 into and out of a position between the teeth of the rack 22.

In the preferred form of the invention the band 26 is provided mediallybetween its ends with an elastic insert 36 which is preferably concealedbehind the sweat band I8 at the back of the headgear.

In use, with the parts assembled as illustrated in the drawings, thedistance between the ends of the band 26, and consequently theadjustment of the size of the crown portion 24 can be regulated bymoving the levers 32 and withdrawing the tongues 34 from engagement withthe teeth of the rack 22 so that the slides 28 may be moved toward oraway from one another. In this Way, the size of the head band can beregulated and due to the elastic insert 3B in the band 26 the crownportion i4 can be made to bear with varying degrees of pressure on theportion of the head encircled.

It is to be particularly noted that the features of the presentinvention are such as to constitute I8 which is a .self-trim featureowing to the neatness and ornamental character of the same.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredform of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in thedetails of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas claimed.

I claim:

1. In a headgear, including a crown, a visor and a sweatband securedrespectively to the lower and inner sides of the edge portion of thecrown, said crown having its front lower edge portion provided with anelongated slot extending above and parallel to the connection of theinner edge of the visor with the front edge portion of the crown and avertical slot spaced a substantial distance from each of the ends of theelongated slot, an elongated flexiblel rack member mounted on the innerside of the said edge portion between it and the sweatband and havingits toothed portion projecting through the elongated slot, a headengaging band encircling the inner side of the rear lower edge portionof the crown between it and the sweatband and` having its ends extendingoutwardly and forwardly through the vertical slots, the said ends of theband being spaced apart and terminating adjacent the compiemental endsof said rack member, slide elements carried at the ends of the head bandand mounted on the said toothed portion for movement relative thereto,and keepers carried by the slide elements and selectively engageablewith the rack teeth to adjust the edge portion of said crown and thesweatband for proper t about the head of the wearer.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, with an elastic insert disposedmedially of the ends of the head band and said keepers being in the formof levers pvotally mounted on the slide elements and having angledtongues for holding engagement with the rack teeth.

Great Britain May 5, 1943

